Game Fair 2009

In August me and Mommy and Daddy all went to the Game Fair together and spent the whole entire day there. We got up really early because it was almost a 3 hour drive to get there. It started raining while we were driving and then it rained all the way there and kept raining the whole day. Mommy and Daddy were smart and packed their rain gear, but I don't have any rain gear so I just got wet, which is why I look kind of soggy in all of these pictures.

We got to walk all over and see all kinds of exhibits that had to do with hunting, especially hunting dogs. We went to some seminars, too. One was on how to use decoys to hunt geese; one was on British Labrador Retrievers cause Daddy might get one of those for his next puppy; one was on using electronic collars, and I hope we never do that! Once when it was raining really hard we stepped into the Art Barn to look at wildlife paintings. I really liked this picture of the elephants and birds in Africa because that is where my ancestors are from, and I wanted Mommy to buy it for me but she and Daddy decided that we have to wait until we finish remodeling our house because we might not have enough wall space for it.

Next, we met some people who were putting on an Agility demonstration which was sponsored by my dog food company, Eukanuba. When the lady found out that me and Mommy were going to Agility classes she asked if I would be a part of her afternoon presentation. Since I really like my kibble, and I also like to do Agility, I was happy to help out.

Here I am going up and over the "A-frame" obstacle.

Here I am with Mommy doing the weave poles. Mommy had to help me a little bit, but mostly I did it by myself. All of the people watching me were very nice and they clapped whenever we did something that they liked, which was almost everything!

I must have been the only Rhodesian Ridgeback at the Game Fair because sooooo many people stopped to admire me and ask us questions about Ridgebacks. One lady had a booth and she told us that she was a Photographer and she was selling copies of her book which was called "A Photographer's Journey with Sporting Dogs". She showed Mommy a copy of the book but Mommy did not buy it because it was raining really hard right then and she did not want it to get wet while we were walking around the Game Fair. The Photographer said that I was very handsome and asked Mommy if she and her husband could come and take pictures of me for her next book since Mommy told her that I am a Hunting Dog. Mommy said she could but she hasn't come yet.

Then Mommy went for a shooting lesson because she wants to be able to hit
some of the pheasants I am going to flush once it is hunting season again. She did not get to practice very much because of all the rain, but I hope she at least got some good tips to help her.